Pencil.



PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

J. A. STAHLE.

PENCIL.

APPLICATION nun Ark. 2 1906.

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JACOB .A. ,STAHLE, or OGDEN, UTAH.

PENCIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1906.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB A. STAHLE, a citizen of the United States, residin at Ogden, in the county of Weber and tate of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencils, of which the following is a specification.

The resent invention relates to improvements in pencils, and more particularly that pypa of pencils which emp oy a removable The essential feature of the invention resides in the provision of a resilient bearing for the point of the lead, the said bearing serving as a cushion to take up all sudden jars and prevent the breakage of the point due to undue pressure while writing. The bearing may also be formed so as to grip the lead sufliciently tight to hold it in place while writin the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through a pencil constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the resilient bearing for the lead point.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The numeral 1 designates the outer casing or body of the pencil, which is provided with the usual longitudinal o ening 2, within which the lead 3 fits loose y. The point of the lead 3 may be forced outwardly beyond the end of the pencil by any suitable means, such as a ring 4. This ring 4 is slidably mounted upon the casing 1 and is provided with an inwardly-projecting lug 5, which operates in a slot 6 in the casing 1 and projects into the longitudinal opening 2. It will thus be seen that b sliding the ring 4 upon the 1 casing l the leail 3 can b'pfis'hed into operafiltivejposition;

For a full description of the invention and In order to prevent the breakage of the point, a resilient bearing is interposed between the point and the end of the casing 1. This bearing is shown as in the form of an approximately cylindrical collar 7, throu h which the lead is passed and which may be formed of any suitable material, such as rubber. One end of the collar 7 fits in-a recess 8 in the end of the casing 1, while the opposite end of the collar projects beyond the end of the casing 1 and has the edges thereof rounded, as seen at 9. The inner end of the collar 7 is formed with a depression 10 around the openin through which the lead passes, the sides 0% the depression serving as guides to direct the lead point into the opening when the lead is inserted from the opposite end of the casing or when it is accidentally pushed back beyond the resilient collar. It will be a parent that the projecting portion of the collar forms a convenient hold for the fin ers while writing and that the lead is loc ked against longitudinal displacement when the pencil is in use, owing to the fact that the pressure of the fingers is transmitted through the resilient material and roduoes a binding effect upon the lead. T e collar also serves to break any sudden jars upon the pencil-point and to thereby prolong the life of the lead.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a pencil, the combination of an outer easing provided with a longitudinal openin and having a recess in one end thereof, a lead 8 5 located within the longitudinal opening, 51H? an approximately glindrical collar surrounding the lead and formed of r'esflient material, one end of the collar fitting within the recess in the end of the casing, while the opposite 0 end of the collar projects beyond the end of the casing and serves the double function of forming a finger-hold and of transmitting the pressure of the fingers seas toprpduce abind.. gigpffect upon the lead when the pencil is in 5 use.

2. In a pencil, the combination of an outer casing provided with a longitudinal openin and having a recess in one end thereof, a lea located within the longitudinal opening, and too a resilient collar surrounding the lead, one end of the collar fitting within the recess in the end of the casing, while the opposite end projects beyond the end of the eas' the in- 5 lner end of the collar being formed with a de- ]and te he point of the ead into pression, the sides of which form a guidew ay t e opening through the collar when the lead"- is being placed in position from the opposite end of the casin In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB A. STAHLE. [L. s.] Witnesses: GEO. H. OoNno,

D. A. JENKINS. 

